Some of my hosting packages are coming up on their renewal dates. I decided a few weeks ago that I would buy a VPS (Virtual Private Server) from my hosting company and move my sites on to that. I consider myself a little above the curve as far as technology goes, but I’m far from a super-hacker network nerd. This is only day one of trying to get it all set up, so I’m not too worried yet, but I fear I might have gotten myself in over my head.
I own three hosted accounts through iPower that I administer through their vDeck program, including this one. I’m not going to mess with those just yet until I successfully set up a less important site.
This is my first attempt at moving a site onto my new VPS:
- “Unlock” the domain (chriscoyier.net, an owned but not hosted domain, empty)
- Add Name Servers to that domain (ns1.chriscoyier.net & ns2.chriscoyier.net)
- Update the domain to use those new Name Servers
- “Lock” the domain
- Set up the domain in Plesk (a program that administers my VPS)
- Cross fingers that the domain will now resolve to the correct place on my new server
- Wait impatiently
- If it works, then hopefully FTP will resolve to the same place and I’ll be able to log in and upload my files.
I understand that I can use those same name servers for all of my sites. I’m not sure how that works but that’s what I heard. If anyone out there has experience with this type of thing and has any input, or would be willing to answer some questions, contact me through the email link below. I’m a bit concerned that this is a stupid security risk, that is, telling people what sites I own, on what hosting company, running what software, and where my name servers are. Is it?
Yeah, I don’t think any of that is a stupid security risk. Anyone who is determined can get most, if not all of that info through WHOIS or pulling up a 404 page on your site. What’s important is how secure the server itself is, as well as the security of the apps you’re running on it.
I didn’t know you had your own nameservers. Are they virtual? I’ve always used nameservers that belonged to my hosting company.
The only reason I’m running a Name Server is because I have to in order to get all my domain names to resolove to my new server. I found it pretty damn complicated, and I didn’t even have to mess with the nuts and bolts of it at all. I’ve had friends bitch and bitch about their DNS servers at work and I don’t want any part of it.
I’m not sure if my Name Servers are vitual, I don’t think so though. They route to my server which is virtual.
Maybe setting up a web server was Jamairquoi’s inspiration for Virtual Insanity.